Tong Yaqi persuaded a few more times, seeing that although Qin Ruojing was undecided, she seemed more inclined to make the call. Without pushing further, she left the phone number of Chen Jiatong, gave her a smile, and left Qin Ruojing's room.

Looking at the note with the phone number left by Tong Yaqi, Qin Ruojing finally took out her phone and dialed the number.

The call was quickly connected, and Chen Jiatong was not at all surprised to receive it. After the call ended, she soon arrived in Qin Ruojing's room.

"Chairwoman, to be honest, I'm a bit disappointed that you called me." Upon entering the room, Chen Jiatong smiled frankly, "If you hadn't called me over, you'd continue to misunderstand Chu Ge, causing a rift between you two, which would actually be good for me."

Qin Ruojing said nothing; she didn't like Chen Jiatong's opening remarks, though they were very straightforward.

"Maybe in your eyes, Jingyuan and I are just two shameless women?" Chen Jiatong was not at all surprised by Qin Ruojing's silence and smiled slightly, "Unfortunately, we're not shameless enough. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come looking for you earlier, and I certainly wouldn't have come here again after you said those things."

Chen Jiatong's frank smile annoyed Qin Ruojing, and she gestured towards the direction of the sofa, "Please sit. What exactly do you want to talk to me about? Can we skip these meaningless parts and get straight to the point?"

"Sure." Chen Jiatong nodded straightforwardly and sat on the sofa, "Actually, your suspicion was correct. Jingyuan and I were indeed with your husband just now."

Qin Ruojing frowned slightly but soon relaxed and smiled faintly, "Miss Chen, is it fun for you to beat around the bush like this? I think you should start from the beginning."

Chen Jiatong finally paused for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, as expected, the Chairwoman is different. It seems you are much calmer now. What Jingyuan and I truly want to tell you is indeed about what happens after the fact."

After organizing her thoughts, Chen Jiatong recounted the events just as they happened.

Qin Ruojing listened quietly, showing no obvious emotional fluctuations on the surface, but inside, she was in turmoil.

These two women, whom she always looked down upon, actually gave up the opportunity to latch onto someone like Chen Yujie, a rich and powerful playboy? And Chu Ge once again offended Chen Yujie?

What's worse is that this time, it seemed even more thorough than the last.

After listening to Chen Jiatong's account, Qin Ruojing stood up from the edge of the bed and walked over to Chen Jiatong, "I'm sorry, thank you."

Chen Jiatong got up from the sofa, smiled at Qin Ruojing, "Chairwoman, don't you want to ask anything else?"

Qin Ruojing shook her head, "No need, this is enough."

A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Jiatong's eyes, "I'm sorry, thank you."

Using the same words to reply to Qin Ruojing, Chen Jiatong then left the room. Both women saying "I'm sorry, thank you" represented different meanings of their own.

After sending Chen Jiatong off, Qin Ruojing sat alone in the room for a while, pondering it over, she didn't even understand her own feelings, just knowing they were all tangled up.

She considered calling Tong Yaqi over to talk, but ultimately gave up the idea—not because she didn't trust Tong Yaqi, but she felt in dealing with her and Chu Ge's relationship, she couldn't always rely on others.

Qin Ruojing stood by the window for a while in the night breeze, her hair gently moved by the wind, trying to sort out her tangled thoughts and identified the most crucial issues for her at the moment.

The first issue was that at the dinner table earlier, she really embarrassed Chu Ge. It seemed she should offer some explanations for her misunderstanding of him.

The second issue was that today was her and Chu Ge's first day of having their marriage certificate. Tonight, for both emotional and logical reasons, they should spend the night together. However, Chu Ge thought they had already been intimate, when in fact, nothing had happened.

The third thing to deal with was that Chu Ge had once again offended Chen Yujie. She should ask Chu Ge about his plan since she didn't think someone as arrogant and domineering as Chen Yujie would just let this matter go.

Speaking of seriousness, each issue was more severe than the last, but what troubled Qin Ruojing the most was the second issue. In fact, ever since her sister told her the truth, this issue had been hanging over her heart like a sword.

She really didn't know and couldn't imagine what the reaction would be if Chu Ge found out about it.

While Qin Ruojing was still entangled, there was a knock at the door again, which startled her. Could it be Chu Ge?

Taking a deep breath, Qin Ruojing walked to the door and asked with resolve, "Who is it?"

"Xiao Jing, it's me." Tong Yaqi's voice came from behind the door, and Qin Ruojing was both relieved and a bit disappointed.

The door opened, and Tong Yaqi peeked into the room, seeing only Qin Ruojing inside. Watching her expression, she knew she had likely already called Chen Jiatong.

Initially, Qin Ruojing hadn't meant to call Tong Yaqi over, but since Tong Yaqi had come on her own, she finally shared the issues troubling her head.

Tong Yaqi was dumbfounded, and when Qin Ruojing made a suggestion, her eyes widened even more, and her heart started racing.

Although Qin Ruojing had mentioned such an absurd idea before, this time it was obviously different. It seemed like Qin Ruojing was serious this time.

"Xiao Jing, are you... sure? This is your wedding night!"

"Of course I'm sure." Qin Ruojing nodded decisively, "You'll have to help me out then."

"I... this..."

"Yaqi, don't hesitate. Hasn't that guy left you waiting long enough? Today you can finally enjoy a good meal. My happiness depends entirely on you, please."

"Sigh... Let's talk about it when the time comes. I might not even have a chance to step in," Tong Yaqi said evasively, looking conflicted, and then dashed away.

"Don't you know that guy well enough? You'll definitely be needed. It's settled then!"

Qin Ruojing added, and Tong Yaqi hesitated for a moment, said nothing, and walked out of the room, her expression more conflicted than ever.

Qin Ruojing tapped her fingers on the sofa for a while, then stood up, walked around the room a few times, finally came to the mirror to tidy her clothes, patted her cheeks with her hands, took a few deep breaths, finally steadied her gaze, and walked out the door.

There was no one in the hallway, but Qin Ruojing still felt a bit guilty, quickly arriving at Chu Ge's room door, swallowed hard, took a deep breath, raised her right hand, and after hesitating for a few seconds, finally gritted her teeth and knocked on the door.

Chu Ge was sitting on the sofa pondering how Chen Jue, Chen Yujie, and the Chen Family behind Chen Yujie would handle the situation. Hearing the knock, his train of thought was interrupted, so he got up from the sofa.

When he opened the door, Chu Ge was slightly surprised, as he thought Qin Ruojing would have kept the cold war going for a while, not expecting her to come over so soon.

Although Chu Ge was quite dissatisfied with Qin Ruojing's earlier behavior, as a man, he had no intention of sulking with her forever, so he smiled slightly and stepped aside.

Qin Ruojing entered the room, and Chu Ge closed the door. "Aren't you afraid of so many prying eyes around here, that being seen entering my room would look bad?"

Seeing that Chu Ge wasn't giving her any attitude, Qin Ruojing felt somewhat relieved, rolled her eyes at him, "Look bad? I'm your wife. How could it look bad for me to come to your room?"

Chu Ge chuckled, "Oh, nice attitude this time? Not hiding a dagger behind a smile, huh?"

Qin Ruojing sat on the bed, picked up a pillow, and threw it at Chu Ge, "Shut up! What do you even mean by that? So unpleasant to hear, who's hiding a dagger behind a smile with you?"

Chu Ge caught the flying pillow and casually tossed it back onto the bed, "Okay, okay, no hidden daggers then. What brings you here, Madam?"

"Stop kidding around. Do you even consider me your wife? Such a big thing happened, and you didn't even tell me?"

Qin Ruojing originally intended to come and sweet-talk Chu Ge, admit her faults, but thinking about the issue made her involuntarily upset. She picked up the pillow Chu Ge had just thrown back and aimed it at him again.

This time, Chu Ge didn't dodge or catch the pillow. It hit his face directly, causing his mouth to twitch twice, and a helpless wry smile crept onto his face.

Although Chu Ge wasn't bothered by the hit, Qin Ruojing tightened up with nervousness. This guy's fighting skills are so good, why didn't he dodge or catch it this time, just letting it hit him?

"Uh..." Chu Ge scratched his head, holding onto the slim chance that Qin Ruojing might not actually know anything, and asked in a deliberately ignorant tone, "What are you talking about? What big thing?"

"Stop pretending. Even now, you're still pretending?"

Qin Ruojing got up from the bed, went to Chu Ge's side, picked up the pillow, and looked at his face that got hit, feeling both heartache and anger.

"Chen Jiatong and Xu Jingyuan came to me. They told me everything. Really, what can I say about you?"

Since Qin Ruojing had already laid it out like this, Chu Ge couldn't hide it anymore, felt speechless for a moment, then grinned cheekily, "If you don't know what to say, then just say nothing. What's done is done, your words won't change it."

Seeing Chu Ge's carefree attitude, Qin Ruojing's anger flared up even more, "Are you trying to give me a tongue twister? Always with your excuses. Shouldn't spouses be honest with each other, sharing glory and disgrace?"

Seeing Qin Ruojing's face full of complaints, clearly trying to hold him accountable, Chu Ge grinned suddenly, took her hand.

"There are lots of things spouses should do. Why don't we start with the most important one for us?"

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